mahābhūt
| Cite this page as: | "mahābhūt". In A Comprehensive Edition of Tocharian Manuscripts (CEToM). Created and maintained by Melanie Malzahn, Martin Braun, Hannes A. Fellner, and Bernhard Koller. https://cetom.univie.ac.at/?F_B_mahābhūt (accessed 07 Sep. 2026). |
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| Meaning: | “great element” |
| Word class: | noun |
| Language: | TB |
| Equivalent in TA: | mahābhūt |
| Equivalent in other languages: | Skt. mahā-bhūta- |
| Lexeme variants: | mahābhūt |
| Number: | singular |
| Case: | nominative |
| Gender: | alternating |
Paradigm
| sg | pl | du | |
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| nom | mahābhūt | mahābhūtänta | |
| voc | |||
| acc | mahābhūtänta | ||
| gen | mahābhūtäntaṃts | ||
| loc | |||
| comit | |||
| inst | |||
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| all | |||
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Lexeme family
- mahābhūt “great element”
n
sg pl nom mahābhūt mahābhūtänta acc mahābhūtänta gen mahābhūtäntaṃts
Occurrences
mahābhūt
| 1 | IOL Toch 138 and 184 b2 | (ś)twāra mahābhūtänta skente kenaṣṣe | mahābhūt | b3 /// ku(s)e ste |
| 2 | IOL Toch 138 and 184 b3 | āsta warñai • wraṣṣe | mab4(hābhūt) | /// – sā kektseñe |
| 3 | IOL Toch 138 and 184 b4 | – – – ·e /// /// | (mahā)bhūt | : pwārṣṣe mahābhūt |
| 4 | IOL Toch 138 and 184 b4 | /// (mahā)bhūt : pwārṣṣe | mahābhūt | |
| 5 | THT 196 a5 | e a5 /// lkāstar | mahābhūt | te a6 /// y·kkalñane |
